MA in Environment, Development and Peace

Location

Costa Rica: San Jose

Program Summary

The MA in Environment, Development, and Peace at the University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica, provides comprehensive training in issues of sustainable development, environmental governance, natural resource management, and environmental conflict management from both ecological and social perspectives. It encompasses a broad range of subjects and themes, including Food Systems, Water Management, Forestry, Coastal Resources, Climate Change, Urban Ecology, and Social Movements.

The program focuses on the human dimensions of the environment-development nexus, highlighting the connections between local perspectives and broader processes at the national, regional, and global levels, and emphasizing the importance of political economic structures and inequality in access to resources as key drivers in environmental conflict and global environmental change. The program prepares students for a wide range of careers in both environmental and development policy and programming in the public, private, and ...

Program Summary

The MA in Environment, Development, and Peace at the University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica, provides comprehensive training in issues of sustainable development, environmental governance, natural resource management, and environmental conflict management from both ecological and social perspectives. It encompasses a broad range of subjects and themes, including Food Systems, Water Management, Forestry, Coastal Resources, Climate Change, Urban Ecology, and Social Movements.

The program focuses on the human dimensions of the environment-development nexus, highlighting the connections between local perspectives and broader processes at the national, regional, and global levels, and emphasizing the importance of political economic structures and inequality in access to resources as key drivers in environmental conflict and global environmental change. The program prepares students for a wide range of careers in both environmental and development policy and programming in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

Experience Required

This Program is open to

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Scholarships are Available

Financial Assistance Categories

30% Tuition Waiver (Automatic) - Available to Master's and Doctorate students that meet one of the following:

•Citizen or nationals of a signatory country of the UPEACE Charter
•Students who have received an undergraduate or graduate degree from a partner university
•Peace Corps veterans
*ONLY for MA in Spanish (Resolución de Conflictos, Paz y Desarollo): Citizens or nationals of countries where Spanish is the official language.

50% Tuition Waiver (Automatic) - Available to Master's and Doctorate students that meet one of the following:
•Professors from a partner university
•Costa Rican citizens and residents (host country)
•Current, full-time UN employees and volunteers
•Documented refugee or asylee

30% or 50% Tuition Waiver (Merit Based) - Available to Master's applicants who do not belong to the above categories. These waivers are offered in limited number and will be awarded by merit, not financial condition. These waivers are not available to doctorate students.